Lutz Henke & Adam Kraft

The Flux, The Flow & The Fluid: On The Quest For Pirate Utopia, 2017

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Various locations / Variable Orte

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Exploration and intervention
Scavenged construction materials from the streets of Berlin

As walls rise and cities rigidify in concrete and regulations, a view of water is almost lost into oblivion. In the context of the Festival, artist Adam Kraft and curator Lutz Henke begin a search for the legendary utopia of Libertatia. The exploration manifests a longing for a defensible space: a ‘place without a place’ heterotopia floating or lying below the reflective surface of the Spree. The project will include research on the river’s past, such as during the division of Germany, as well as the development and installation of a submerged refuge built from scavenged construction material like scaffolding and paving remnants. As part of the project Hamburger Hafen by Lutz Henke and Vlado Velkov, a video will foster the imaginaries hidden in urban waters.